Sunday, October 5, 2008

(I came back from China to find a DOMO plushie that Missy got me from Target)

Hey Y'all!

So, I've been back from China for over a week now and I'm just now feeling like I'm getting back on track. Seems like in the two weeks that I was in China, everything back here in the states went to hell in a hand basket: the situation on Wall Street got worse, a killer hurricane hit Texas, gas prices shot up, or worse yet, was unavailable from many gas stations...even back at The Ranch things went haywire. We didn't have hot water for a couple of days. At first, we thought that it was just the pilot light that went out. Getting to our water heater is bitch - the heater closet is tucked behind our washer and dryer, so we have to move them out of the way to get to it:

Missy conferred with her dad about the water heater problem and we consulted the Black & Decker library of home repair how-tos we recently inherited from our friend Jay's family:

While she was in the closet, Missy spotted some graffiti left behind by previous owners:

In the end, Missy couldn't get the pilot light to stay on. We surmised that the thermocoupler needed to be replaced - the plumber we hired the day after confirmed our diagnosis...

FAVORITE MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?MISSY - It's a tie - watching Nacho Libre with Jo and Andre while eating hot apple pie with vanilla ice cream and watching Nilla play with her new toyRAOUL - Coming home from China!

WORST MOMENT OF THE PAST WEEK?MISSY - My Mom's car accident.RAOUL - The ice cold shower I had to take thursday morning. I came out of the shower completely NUMB.

WORD OR PHRASE OF THE WEEK?MISSY - "Did you close the 40 Watt last night?"RAOUL - "Don't be scarred to lit the fir. Just be carrful, yop"